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  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    Goofy space nerds are no longer incompatible with US weapons of war, we have a space force now.

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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      6 months ago

      The Space Force are not Star Wars stormtroopers. They are compsci nerds doing institutionally backed hacking. It’s just the Airforce v2 for propaganda sake. Plus it’s abysmally tiny because you don’t need hundreds of thousands of compsci nerds.

      It’s just a different name for a US hacking military outfit. They aren’t doing research into nebulas and space rocks.

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        6 months ago

        If the US government can weaponize vaccination programs, foreign aid and infrastructure loans, I have zero faith that our space military won't be used for doing space nazi shit. Besides, there's no way the data gained from genuinely innocent NASA launches hasn't been collected and used to model preemptive nuclear strikes or some other shit. It doesn't matter how small-intentioned or militarily inconsequential they may be now, anything under the purview of imperial power, even just it's knowledge, will eventually be turned towards Imperial ends.

        • voight [he/him, any]
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          6 months ago

          We've already been weaponizing our military space program by hiding the location of Starlink satellites iirc. Orbital minefield lmao

          • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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            6 months ago

            Technically a Kepler field, which just fucks everyone over.

            A wonderful reason why capitalists should be entrusted to chose the most ethical options : )

        • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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          6 months ago

          Yes, that’s why we should urge funding to be spent not on scientists collecting data that could be used for preemptive nuclear strikes, and instead on building more nuclear missiles, submarines, and weapons of war. That is the better path forward.

          I want money to be spent on something that could have military applications, but furthers the global community and humanity in our understanding of the cosmos. I do not want that same money spent on Gerald Ford Carriers, M4’s, and F-35’s.

          Those things are just a tiny bit more useful to the imperial war machine in waging war then rock samples and atmospheric data.